Rep Al Green: Extend Free Housing for Evacuees til 2008

Time to cut the cord yo. It's a terrible tragedy but it's also time to move on.

 

Depends. Mississippi just finished up a lawsuit against State Farm, other insurance companies are dragging their feet, FEMA has been slow to provide basic necessity payments, the federal government has dispersed only a fraction of the promised aid, etc, etc. I don't know how all that comes together, but a lot of these people are likely in limbo waiting for aid that was promised to them.

 

its not like their living in luxurious apartments

where would you rather have your tax money go? to the iraq war? yeah lots of accountability there..

 

speaking of your tax money, where do you think majority of it goes to?

so you don't care if they live on the street as long as they don't touch a small fraction your tax dollars?

 

let's stay together....
whether times are good or bad
happy or sad.

 

yes, we need more welfare. that would solve everything.

 

yeah.. giving shelter to people who lost their homes and now have nothing is too much..

domestic welfare is not as important as foreign welfare

i'm not saying extend housing for everyone, only those who most deserve it..

 

Your attempts to bring in the Iraq war here are unfounded and absurd.

Two years is plenty of time to find housing and work. If you haven't found a job by now, it's your fault. Period. It's not the job of the government.

 

You are being purposely dense here. We're not talking about foreign welfare. It IS too much to expect taxpayers to foot the bill for others for 2 years. We've already given them a year and a half. Should they just live off the government forever?

 

On the one hand, I'm not sure if we are obligated to pay their shelter and that our tax money could be better spent elsewhere. I would also prefer they are sheltered and not roam around my neighborhood and make it unsafe. Crime has gone up in my apartment complex since Katrina, and cutting them off will make it really bad I fear.

 

I'm in favor of getting them out and on their feet again. Kick 'em out of the nest and let them fly. This action just provides the incentive to sit on their butts and accomplish nothing. Time to disconnect the suction cup to the government's teet.

 

can someone tell me what % of the budget goes to this extension?

 

Are there currently job assistance programs to help Katrina people get jobs? If so, I'd like to know how successful they are. If not, they better get on the ball and get these people employed.

 

Another Faisal D. Khan poor people suck post.

Must be Thursday again.

 

the usual suspects

 

Another SamFisher "I'm going to assume that everyone who disagrees with me hates other people" post.

It's not poor people that suck. It's people that expect the government to keep paying for them after 2 years. There is no reason that these people should still be expecting this type of aid after 2 years. Period.

 

are you saying its not possible that they lost everything two years ago, moved to a new city, spent upto 6 months getting used to here, spent upto another 1 yr trying to find a job or learning a new skill, then for the past 6 months to 1 year worked hard and earn just enough to live day to day, and just need some sort extension to save some money?

or you think that all poor people are just plain lazy and they don't deserve this..

btw, how many years and money have iraqis been given to take care of their own security?